Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
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(13 years, 8 months ago)
Commons Chamber
    
        
    
    
    
    
    
        
        
        
            Mr Speaker 
        
    
        
    
        I call Zac Goldsmith—[Interruption.] Order. The House must calm down. Let us hear Mr Goldsmith.
The proposals for a register of lobbyists will require lobby groups to list their members, but when those groups meet Ministers, will they be required to list on whose behalf they are meeting them?
    
        
    
    
    
    
    
        
        
        
            The Deputy Prime Minister 
        
    
        
    
        As my hon. Friend will know, we are running a consultation on exactly those kinds of questions—[Interruption.] The hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant) says that it does not do that, but those are exactly the kinds of questions on which people can provide their views, and we will of course listen to all the views expressed.